Monthly Archives: September 2015

Sadly we won’t be going to Egyot this winter. Which means I won’t be swimming with the myriad of underwater life in the Red Sea.
So I dove in and created this piece about how it feels to explorebeneath the surface. The artwork features my favourite fishy friends.

I created this piece using the Pixelmator app and added in layers using the photographs of the watercolour fish that were created in the previous art challenges. Those were painted with seawater. I have painted additional detail on them in Pixelmator to show the iridescence of the underwater light.

I entered the impressively titled Global Talent Search. My first art competition brief was to design a trainer.

There was a detailed brief explaining about the female character and her life in Brooklyn. The character Antoinette had just got a new bike and needed a pair of trainers.

The competition coincided with our sun holiday so I didn’t have studio time to spend. I created a design on my iPad using my present favourite art app Pixelmator. The entry would first be seen thumbnail sized so I used my favourite colours to make it eye catching.

The competition organisers ran a course in June in Brighton that I had hoped to attend but when I was ready to book it had sold out. 80% of the 50 finalists had attended the course. I’m not amongst the finalists but it was an interesting experience and I learned a lot. It’s great to see the entries and see how people have used the brief.

I found this more challenging than working to my commission briefs as I didn’t know the person as well as those I have created my commissions for. I therefore ensured there was enough of my joy in the creation so that I created something I was happy with. I’ve lived in the trainers most of this year whilst rehabbing my knee so would love a pair like this one.